This Mount Sutro circle-hike started at Willard and up the 149 Farnsworth steps to Edgewood Ave.: 1, 2, 3

Straight ahead this time instead of south. Behind the homes on Edgewood Ave. is a short trail that leads to a parking lot. Something new here — there’s now an attractive short wood fence at the west slope: 4 thru 8

At the parking lot, passing the top of the 136 steps down, uphill a short distance, across the road and onto the Historic Trail: 9, 10, 11

​Winding round: 12 thru 28

Where the Historic meets the lower and upper West Ridge Trail, the upper to the summit. There’s an alternate trail where you can go around the logs and rocks, but I’ve always liked scrambling up the latter: 29 thru 46

The summit was uplifting with wildflowers and green-enclosed trails: 47 thru 61

From the summit on the North Ridge Trail to the road: 62 thru 80

Along the road downhilling back to the parking lot again, but this time descending the 136 Medical Center Way steps, the top of which is a few yards from the top of the trail behind the homes: 81 thru 111

Just before exiting Medical Center Way (behind the hospital buildings) at Parnassus to wait for the crosstown #43 bus: 112

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​The Presidio’s Marshall’s Beach is accessed as a downhill offshoot about halfway across the .07-mile Batteries to Bluffs Trail.

Twice encountered cyclists on this 475-step trail. One was carrying his bike up a steep flight. The second was riding alongside another flight, but then there were just the steps and he had to carry his bike up too.

Is this trail gonna become another trendy spot for mountain bikers? Seems way too much hassle because there are so many steps. Or maybe they just didn’t realize the trail had all those steps.

Passing the Golden Gate Overlook, starting off at the west edge of a parking lot: 1, 2, 3

The first part of the main trail, steps swooping down: 4 thru 14

130 steps along is the overlook with the bench: 15 thru 20

Continuing to the trailhead for the Marshall’s Beach Trail: 16 thru 48

The Marsahall’s Beach Trail has about 50 steps, counted separately, descending from the main BTB: 49 thru 56

Down to the beach: 57 thru 72

Up again to the main BTB: 73 thru 76

Back to where I started: 77 thru 84

Golden Gate Overlook steps on the way to the second bridge bus stop: 85, 86

North Fort Scott is a small Presidio neighborhood just south of the bridge and one of several favorite Presidio ‘hoods. This is a short stroll through the area.

Remember more trees here years ago and would like to see the green fencing replaced by trees and other plantings. There are some plants at the east side but they don’t seem to be doing much yet: 1, 2, 3

Presidio Parkway is on the other side of the fence. I’d rather see the steady stream of traffic zipping by than it being blocked by a fence, but that's just me. Maybe the constant traffic is annoying to the residents.

Used to like the main stairway, the trees, and the view of the bridge to the north. There are sections of forest in the neighborhood (4, 5) and the old stairway is still there.

One thing I’d really appreciate, however, is a pedestrian skyway or at least a crosswalk at Lincoln so one can cross more easily to the sidewalk on the south side of the street where these homes are: 6, 7

This is a busy area, being so close to the bridge. Vehicles are turning AND going straight, but did not see a crosswalk in the immediate area.

About a block south of the first bridge bus stop (at the Visitor Center), the orange-railed sidewalk also ends: 8, 9, 10)

So once across the street, continued on Armistead to the upper level where the green fence is: 11

There's a walkway and 20 steps from the higher to lower level of the neighborhood: 12 thru 16

You can also access the neighborhood by crossing Lincoln near Crissy Field Overlook at Lendrum: 17

The park has signs indicating the names and numbers of each of their various neighborhoods.

The main stairway down to Hoffman St. from the lower part of the neighborhood has 52 steps. It starts down between two residences, at first a few steps at a time with no railings: 18 thru 28

Turned left on Hoffman for an easy walk back to the Visitor Center alongside the backyards of Lincoln homes: 29 thru 37

At the north end of the Sea Cliff neighborhood at Sea Cliff Ave. is a stairway to China Beach: 6 thru 22

Bunch of kids teasing the waves and climbing all over the rocks this weekday.

The beach, the several stairways and rocks: 23 thru 65

Back up the main stairway: 66 thru 72

East on Sea Cliff Ave. to 25th Ave.: 73 thru 79

25th is a dead-end street at its north end above Sea Cliff Ave. where there’s another, shorter, stairway winding down to west Baker Beach. There’s a fence, a few parking spaces, and Presidio hills in the distance: 80 thru 90

Curving around to climb from the west Baker Beach parking lot to Bowley for the #29 bus stop: 91, 92, 93